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7 Zanu-PF bigwigs fall sick
SEVEN Zanu-PF politburo members yesterday failed to attend its meeting at the ruling party headquarters in Harare as they are not feeling well.In his opening remarks at the meeting, President ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:17hrs | 17337 | by Staff reporter
Full list of Army and CIO bosses who benefitted from the Farm Mechanization scandal
Political Analyst Alex Magaisa has published a list of Army, police and dreaded Central intelligence officers who benefited from the controversial RBZ Farm Mechanisation Scheme.Magaisa said hi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 8602 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 812 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa ally nominated acting chief of Bikita
ZANU-PF politburo member and Retired Lieutenant General Engelbert Rugeje has been nominated to temporarily act as Chief Charamba of Bikita following the death of his father.Rtd Lt Gen Rugeje (...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:12hrs | 3406 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rocked by fresh power struggles
A FRESH power struggle has erupted in Zanu-PF, with senior officials clashing over the suspension of Youth League leaders during Wednesday's stormy politburo meeting in what insiders have described as...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 2663 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Auxillia fingered in Zanu-PF Masvingo factions
Factionalism in Zanu-PF Masvingo province is getting nastier, with two sparring factions emerging to fight for the spoils of the November 2017 coup which toppled long-ruling tyrant Robert Mugabe....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 4325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa showed wisdom in transforming the party to become user friendly
At the start of the new dispensation comrade Emerson Mnangagwa promised that he would spend a lot of time listening. That's what he has done over the last three years, and that's what he has don...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 20:52hrs | 5449 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Who is Matemadanda to dare the Americans
Following the news that cde Matemadanda has issued a stern warning to America, many people held their mouths with two hands. Today we want to see who cde Matemadanda is. Comrade Victor Matemadanda is ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 21:24hrs | 15288 | by Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF splurges $14 million on salaries
ZANU-PF gobbled nearly $14 million in salaries for the year 2019 as the party doled out ministerial packages for its full-time politburo workers and montly allowances for central committee members....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army snubs Mnangagwa?
The Zimbabwe Army top brass snubbed the anti-sanctions jamboree that was organised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government last Friday. The lowly attended main event was held at the Natio...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 12:55hrs | 29689 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga boots out security aides
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga, currently recovering at a top hospital in China, where he underwent two operations to clear his blocked oesophagus, amid poisoning fears, last month dismissed secu...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2957 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda to be arrested for corruption?
High level sources have revealed that a letter was written to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission urging them to investigate incumbent speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda over criminal abuse of of...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 16:57hrs | 10573 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF to replace Jacob Mudenda with Rugeje?
A faction of ZANU PF is pushing for the removal of Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda from his office over allegations of being corrupt, a ZANU PF Youth League source from Midlands has said. ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 12:54hrs | 9819 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No leads on Mnangagwa White City bombing
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said the people behind the bombing at White City Stadium in Bulawayo last year have not been accounted for so party members should remain vigi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:42hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo and Chiwenga fallout?
Nasty fallout has developed between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo a highly placed source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation has alle...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 11:28hrs | 31382 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rugeje tipped for Vice Chancellor post
Former ZANU-PF secretary for commissariat and Chief of Staff for the Zimbabwe National Army Engelbert Rugeje is the front runner to land the post of Vice Chancellor of the Zimbabwe National Defence Un...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:31hrs | 5208 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda vows to return Zanu-PF to the people
Newly-appointed ZANU-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said his immediate task is to return the political party to the people by coming up with people centred programmes.L...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3376 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Matemadanda
ZANU PF National Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has come under from a certain faction of ZANU PF that are calling for him to step down from the position or resign from the Deputy Ministry of D...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 10:19hrs | 9896 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa targets corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE Zanu PF commissariat and youth league have called for a clean sweep of corrupt party and government bigwigs, saying all those implicated in corrupt activities should immediately be relieved of the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:06hrs | 4769 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe to blame for Zimbabwe crisis'
Zanu-PF's new commissar Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims that his recent appointment was meant to address growing concerns about the re-emergence of factionalism in the party.President ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
'My main focus is to make urbanites understand Zanu-PF'
The ruling party Zanu-PF on Tuesday appointed Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda as secretary for the Commissariat. He replaced Engelb...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Comprehensive analysis of the current political, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe
Politics requires strategy and there are several political and economic connotations evolving around our situation in Zimbabwe. Every aspect of politics or economics has its own indicators. Never make...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1264 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Matemadanda coughs blood - No one left this position in good shape is it cursed?
ZANU PF has seen a number of Political Commissars and then there were none. As of the appointment on Monday of Cde Victor Matemadanda to replace cde Major General Rugeje ZANU PF commissariat is once a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | 15631 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa elbows out Rugeje
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (retired) as Zanu-PF political commissar, replacing him with loyalist and long-time ally Victor Matemadanda as the battl...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 6994 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda takes over from Engelbert Rugeje
Zanu-PF has re-assigned, the secretary general for Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) Victor Matemadanda to the position of Secretary for Commissariat with immediate effec...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF removes General Engelbert Rugeje from office
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has removed ZANU PF Secretary for Commissariat Engelbert Rugeje from the powerful office and replaced him with Victor Matemadanda who was previously Secretary for Wa...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:34hrs | 13508 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa calls for fierce fight against corruption
ZANU-PF First Secretary President Mnangagwa yesterday called for a fierce fight against corruption at all levels for economic turnaround to be achieved. Further, the President said there was n...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Zanu-PF structures to incorporate war vets
THE ruling party Zanu-PF has directed provincial structures to implement a 2017 Extra-Ordinary Congress resolution to incorporate war veterans as either their chairperson or vice chairpersons. ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes lessons from China’s School of Ideology
Zanu-PF will take lessons from the Communist Party of China (CPC's) ideological schools to refine its mobilisation strategy as well as reinvigorate the party's Chitepo School of Ideology, the ruling p...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:47hrs | 107 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe under siege, Zanu-PF tells Chinese counterparts
The ruling Zanu-PF party chairperson, Oppah Muchinguri - who is leading a delegation of the revolutionary party on a tour in China - has said Zimbabwe is under political and economic siege from its de...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:09hrs | 2535 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF delegation off to China
A high-powered Zanu-PF delegation led by national party chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday left for China for a strategic exchange programme with the Communist Party of China (CCP). The de...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF to amend constitution
ZANU-PF is moving to amend its constitution ostensibly to modernise it in a move believed to give more power to the party's president and his presidium.Recently, the ruling party indicated tha...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 7621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa militarises Zanu-PF party structures
THE ruling Zanu-PF party wants war veterans, seen as key allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to hold key positions as part of its restructuring exercise in a move observers say is akin to militari...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 2971 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF provinces directed to 'incorporated' war vets in their structures
Zanu-PF has ordered that key posts within the party's structures be reserved for liberation war veterans, in a move driven by the party's military element.Zanu-PF secretary for the commissaria...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:43hrs | 535 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF leaders to have mandatory ideological training
ZANU-PF will no longer tolerate leaders who use money and bribery to get leadership positions as everyone must pass through the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology, the party's National Commissar, Enge...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds Zanu-PF's cyclone rescue efforts
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has commended efforts by the ruling party in assisting communities affected by Cyclone Idai. The cyclone left a trail of destruction ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:43hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'No to corruption, indiscipline'
President and First Secretary of Zanu-PF Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended efforts by the ruling party in assisting communities affected by Cyclone Idai. The cyclone left a trail of death and d...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:27hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate his rivals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed more politburo members to oversee the restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces in what serves to indicate the high stakes involved in the whole exercis...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 11250 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses cyclone rip-off
Government and the ruling Zanu-PF have dismissed circulating reports alleging that some homeless victims of Cyclone Idai in Bikita were being ripped off through paying a daily levy for accommodation, ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF restructures provinces
ZANU--PF will take the ongoing provincial restructuring exercise, which saw the revolutionary party dissolving its provincial structures in Bulawayo and Harare, to all provinces, the party's national ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:32hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe and a fracturing Zanu-PF
continued from last weekMany of those mansion builders were comrades-in-arms from Zimbabwe's war of independence. They, their families, and their business cronies were not eager to give up pow...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1619 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 924 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Mnangagwa solidarity march to cost $1 million?
Zanu-PF is proposing to spend at least $1 million on a solidarity march for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with the bulk of the budget going to food and transport.Although the youth league has ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Nervous allies mobilising support for Mnangagwa
AMID worsening poverty, Zanu-PF will early next month splash millions on a solidarity rally for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose administration is accused of human rights abuses and failing to stab...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shelves Zanu-PF solidarity march again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly shelved plans by the Zanu-PF youth league to march in support of his Presidency because of the astronomical budget put forward to ferry supporters from acro...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 5120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's $1.5 million solidarity march in limbo
Uncertainty surrounds a Zanu-PF solidarity march in support of President Emmerson Mnangagwa set to be held on March 2.The Youth League mooted the march and will continue "spearheading" it, but...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:41hrs | 2835 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF knives out for Kazembe Kazembe
THREE Zanu-PF members in Mazowe district have petitioned the party's national commissar Engelbert Rugeje demanding that he reins in Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Kazembe Kazembe, for alleged...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF refers Chiredzi councillors matter back to Masvingo
THE Zanu-PF national disciplinary committee has referred the case involving two Chiredzi West councillors, who voted for an opposition council chair back to the Masvingo provincial committee after it ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:42hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
State intervenes on basic commodity prices
Government is working on safety nets to shield vulnerable members of society against price distortions on basic commodities and will soon unveil a well-packaged strategy to ensure goods reflect their ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:43hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF School of Ideology opens tomorrow
ALL is set for tomorrow's official opening of the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology at Knowstics Academy in Bonda, Manicaland. The Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology was born after the revolu...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
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